Compared with the treasure ship with a displacement of nearly 10,000 tons, the displacement of the five Mulan boats in front of him is undoubtedly a bit small, and the scale of the fleet composed of five Mulan boats is even smaller than the scale of the fleet Zheng He brought when he voyage to the West.

But no matter what, now with this fleet of five Mulan boats, it can be considered a good start. In addition, Zhao Huan also has a complete "Yongle Encyclopedia" and "Funny Picture Talk" in his head. As long as Zhao Huan is given enough time, it will not be difficult to get the treasure ship fleet out.

Zhao Huan looked at the huge Mulan boat in front of him while thinking about the treasure ship, but finally couldn't help but mutter: "It's a pity, I don't know when I will see the giant steel ship again."

"The giant steel ship?"

The speaker is unintentional, and the listener is intentional.

Zhao Huan muttered unconsciously that the giant steel ship was the leader of the Quanzhou Shipyard accompanied by Zhao Huan. Li Guangyuan, who was the leader of the Quanzhou Shipyard, was as if he was struck by lightning. He stood there stupidly and muttered: "The giant steel ship? If there is really a giant steel ship, wouldn't he be right? But how can this steel sail on the sea?"

Seeing Chen Guangyuan's appearance, Zhao Huan couldn't help but ask curiously: "But I don't know who Chen Qing is talking about? Could it be that someone else has told Chen Qing about the giant steel ship?"

After Zhao Huan asked this, Li Guangyuan immediately came to his senses and bowed to the point of saying, "I am talking about the official, and the person I am talking about is a scholar in Quanzhou City and his son-in-law."

He once said that the wood could be wrapped with steel, and even replaced the wood directly with steel to make the entire ship into a giant steel ship. Not only is it not afraid of wind and waves, but it is also not afraid of the enemy's attack with fire.

But when I asked him who could paddle the giant steel ship, he hesitated and was confused. The weak minister had already scolded him for many replies."

"Go and bring him here to see me."

After giving a casual command, Zhao Huan changed his mind and said, "Forget it, I'll go and see it myself."

...

When Zhao Huan first met Jiang Xinlong, Jiang Xinlong was running crazy on the street, shouting, "I have built an iron ship! Iron ship! I don't use any iron lead from wood!"

When Li Guangyuan saw Jiang Xinlong's appearance, he saw his daughter following Jiang Xinlong with anxiety and shouting at her husband. Neighbors also pointed at Jiang Xinlong's back. Li Guangyuan's anger suddenly came without a single point. He strode to Jiang Xinlong, suddenly slapped in the face, and said angrily: "Beast! You made a hammer!"

Li Guangyuan is from Sichuan, but now he is in a hurry and even scolds the local accent. Jiang Xinlong, who has always been raking his ears, was shocked when he slapped Li Guangyuan. He said, "Oh" and fell to the ground. When he looked at it again, he fainted.

When Jiang Li saw her husband fainting, she was anxious and didn't care about seeing her father. She just knelt beside Jiang Xinlong, with her chest and a vest, and kept calling her husband. She waited until Jiang Xinlong gradually breathed, and her eyes were not as dissipated as before, and then she stood up. The two of them saluted Li Guangyuan with a gray face.

Li Guangyuan glared at Jiang Xinlong with a angrily glance, and only turned away when Jiang Xinlong felt tired, snorted coldly and clasped his fists to the neighbors around him, "I'm sorry for you for a moment, I'll make you sorry for him first."

After reparing to the neighbors around him, Li Guangyuan turned his head and looked at Zhao Huan again. Seeing that Zhao Huan was still smiling, he gradually felt relieved. He turned his head and glared at Jiang Xinlong, shouting: "Go back to your house first, but I want to see what you created!"

"Ship! Iron ship! Iron ship without a slight amount of wood!"

As soon as he talked about the boat, Jiang Xinlong suddenly became energetic, and even his fear of his father-in-law was reduced a lot. While guiding his father-in-law forward, he reached out and gestured: "Although the boat is not big, it is also real iron lead, and it can also hold a lot of things."

When Li Guangyuan heard what Jiang Xinlong said, he suddenly felt a thud in his heart and asked, "How much did you spend to build it?"

"Five...5000 stags."

Jiang Xinlong said carefully: "Don't worry, father-in-law, my son-in-law just got out a spinning wheel a few days ago. After selling the spinning wheel, the son-in-law will be rich and will definitely be able to build a larger iron ship at that time."

However, it would be fine if Jiang Xinlong didn't say this. As soon as he said this, Li Guangyuan was furious and didn't even care that Zhao Huan was still not far behind him. He kicked Jiang Xinlong and scolded: "Build an iron ship! If you don't have money, you will toss something else. If you make a little money, you will go to build an iron ship! I'll let you build it!"

After being kicked by his father-in-law, Jiang Xinlong didn't have the courage to refute. He just rubbed his butt and muttered in a low voice, "Really, this time it was really made."

Li Guangyuan suddenly became even more angry and cursed: "You said you built it last time, but in fact? The boat you built is not as big as the fishing boat. At best, it is as big as an iron pot, but it sinks into the water. How big is the one you have built now?"

"Now this is as big as a fishing boat."

Jiang Xinlong whispered: "Last time I used too much iron, so it sinks into the water. This time I used less iron, which not only floats on the water surface, but also can hold three or five hu of grain while standing on it."

"Two people? Three or five hu of food?"

Li Guangyuan said angrily: "Which Mulan boat I made cannot stand at a hundred people? If it is built in large quantities, which one can't carry two thousand hu of water?"

Jiang Xinlong said unconvincedly: "That's different. The Mulan boat you made is made of wood, and the boat you made of son-in-law is made of iron. Can this be the same? Besides, the Mulan boat can be built to the big one, and the iron boat of son-in-law can also be built to the big one. Maybe there are more things to pack than the Mulan boat."

Li Guangyuan snorted coldly and ignored Jiang Xinlong. He pointed to the small boat floating on the water when the group came to the ditch in front of Jiang Mansion and said, "Is this the iron ship you built? If you make your iron ship as big as a Mulan boat, how many people will it take to row?"

Jiang Xinlong said: "The iron ship like this ship can be controlled by only two people. If it is made bigger, it may require more people to control it."

After saying that, Jiang Xinlong pointed to the outside of the boat and said, "The son-in-law has been thinking about how to control it, so he simply abandoned the slurry and used it to drive it with this kind of impeller. Even if the boat is made bigger, it can still be used."

"impeller?"

Li Guangyuan looked suspiciously at the impeller on both sides of the boat, which was like a water truck wheel, and finally couldn't help but rub his eyebrows and said angrily: "What's the use of this thing you made!"

It was not only Li Guangyuan who was confused. In fact, when he saw this kind of thing similar to the boat in the water park in later generations, Zhao Huan was also confused, and he didn't even know how to complain for a while.

You say it is a ship, the practicality of this thing is almost zero.

You said it was not a ship, but this thing is indeed quite... fun without considering the speed and handling.
Chapter completed!